Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme - Chapter 502

Chapter 502: Chapter 306: Breaking the Formation

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“Have they arrived?”

“Such sword stance, truly extraordinary!”

“No wonder they dare to challenge Lingbao Island!”

“I wonder how Master Lingbao plans to respond?”

Seeing the newcomer, armed with a sword and singing loudly, approaching with a chilling aura, everyone’s eyes narrowed, and their gazes turned toward Lingbao Island.

“Boom!”

Shortly after, from within the Lingbao Island that stretched across three thousand miles and bordered vast seas, nine streams of red flame were spat out. They transformed into nine fire dragons coiling above the island, and a silhouette appeared—it was an elder with red hair and eyebrows.

It was the lord of the island, the Great Return to Void Cultivator, Master Lingbao Chen Yanqi.

With the activation of the Nine-Nine Fire Dragon Array, Chen Yanqi sat within the array. Without revealing his True Body, he confronted the challenger with only a silhouette. Facing Xu Yang in the heavens, his voice grave, he said, “Fellow Daoist, must you truly take it to such extremes?”

Upon hearing this, Xu Yang simply smiled, “Step out of the array for a battle. If this island remains unharmed, I shall spare your life!”

“This…!”

As soon as these words were uttered, the crowd erupted in shock, their astonishment clear.

In the vault of heaven, when the other Great Return to Void Cultivators saw this, their brows furrowed deeply.

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“This man… truly confident!”

“Indeed, he’s targeting the foundation of Lingbao Island, showing no regard for Old Ghost Chen at all!”

“This person is full of confidence, overwhelmingly strong. Old Ghost Chen has no way out except to fight with all he’s got.”

“To leave the island unharmed and still claim a life, does he truly have the confidence to break the Nine-Nine Fire Dragon Array held by Old Ghost Chen?”

“Fairy Lu, with your Sun Moon Precious Pupils that are unrivaled in the world, can you discern anything?”

“This person possesses the art of Concealing Presence with the Flying Sword. I have only attained minor success with my Sun Moon Pupils, truly difficult to see through him!”

“No wonder Old Ghost Chen was deceived at the outset… Hehehe, now this will be a good show to watch!”

Several onlookers were watching, some with furrowed brows, others with solemn expressions, and some taking pleasure in the misfortune.

Looking back at the scene…

“If that’s the case, then please, Fellow Daoist, step into the array and give it a try!”

Seeing the other’s formidable presence, fully prepared and overflowing with confidence, Chen Yanqi had no choice but to bite the bullet and invite the enemy into the array.

To tell the truth, he felt wronged with how things had developed to this point.

A month before, Xu Yang had come to Lingbao Island, scattering Spirit Stones left and right with his Nascent Soul, not only collecting a large amount of Spirit Material but also purchasing various Artifact Skills, seemingly ready to advance into the Southern Sea artifact market, even competing with Lingbao Island.

How could Chen Yanqi endure this? So, after observing carefully for some time and confirming that the other indeed only had Nascent Soul cultivation, he decisively released the long-cultivated Three Demons of Red Flame, intending to nip this competitive threat in the bud.

Then… things turned out like this.

As a Great Return to Void Cultivator and a Refinement Grandmaster, he had been fooled!

But apart from being fooled, had he done anything wrong?

No!

Raising Robbing Cultivators and engaging in murky deeds, isn’t this quite normal?

This is the Cultivation World, the survival of the fittest, the elimination of the weak—this is the law of the Cultivation World!

This is the Southern Sea, a place for heterodox paths.

Perhaps, probably, maybe the Three Orthodox Sects in the Central Plains and Sacred Places of Immortal Gates might possess a bit of virtue and integrity.

But these heretical paths on the outskirts…

Although heretical paths aren’t necessarily the Evil Demon Path, the difference isn’t much; after all, this is the way of the Cultivation World.

So, apart from being deceived, what did he do wrong?

Nothing, the wrong person wasn’t him; it was this Li Xuanyuan.

From the beginning, the man had harbored malicious intentions, acting improperly and coveting the foundation of his Lingbao Island!

In such a case, what more is there to say!

Chen Yanqi’s gaze turned cold. Stirring the array’s power, the nine fire dragons roared into action, turning the vast expanse of Lingbao Island into a crimson inferno. Within the array, the Fire Essence Ley Lines lay like a dormant dragon, poised to strike, clearly ready to fully activate the Nine-Nine Fire Dragon Array.

Seeing this, the observing crowd also became solemn.

“Will this person… dare to enter the array?”

“Swordsman often use metal, and hence have two main nemeses: one is the Earth’s polar magnet, and the other is the fiery refinement of pure metal!”

“With the intensity of Old Ghost Chen’s true fire of the nine dragons, even a low-grade Immortal Spirit Flying Sword entering it would be refined into molten iron!”

“This may not necessarily be true. It is said that Sword Cultivators possess a sword technique capable of breaking all laws. If their sword technique is sharp enough, pure metal would not fear the refinements by fire.”

A number of Great Return to Void Cultivators watched with a cold eye, analyzing the battle situation.

Seeing this, Xu Yang stepped onto Lingbao Island decisively and entered the fiery prison.

If he unleashed the Five Colors Divine Light at full strength, breaking the array formation would have no doubt whatsoever.

But revealing this Divine Power would surely attract the attention of the Five Elements Immortal Sect, which was not his desire.

Therefore…

Xu Yang entered the array, and the inferno intensified.

Chen Yanqi sat in the master formation unseen, with only the nine fire dragons stirring, spewing out streams of true fiery flame, as well as hidden Treasure Refining Art, enhancing the array’s crushing power. Let alone human flesh and blood, even a Cultivator’s Primordial Spirit, and even vajra quartz and Immortal Artifacts, would melt into iron liquid or even be completely annihilated.

As Xu Yang stepped into the array, he saw seas of fire everywhere, no path to heaven above, no door to earth below, with magma everywhere and thick smoke billowing. The void twisted, the spirit tormented, and the array’s patterns changed unpredictably, sealing off the heavens and locking down the earth.

It was undoubtedly a Fifth Rank Termination Array, its power nearly approaching that of a Sixth Rank.

Unfortunately, it was useless.

The White Jade Capital, being a Middle-Grade Immortal Spirit Mech Armor and a combination of Heavenly Craftsmen’s methods, was itself a Sixth Rank creation of Formation Dao. Even without using the Power of the Five Elements, it wasn’t something this mere Fifth Rank Termination Array could refine.

With a glance, using his Grand Mastery in Formation Dao and Mystical Principles of the Five Elements Void, Xu Yang quickly saw through the array’s patterns and locked onto Chen Yanqi’s position amid the boundless seas of fire.

There sat Master Lingbao upon the Fire Essence Ley Lines, with one hand forming the Treasure Refining Art and the other waving the Fire Dragon Flag, pushing the array’s power to its limits. The land’s Fire Essence Ley Lines beneath him were like a dragon raising its head, seemingly on the verge of soaring into the sky.

Should this Fire Essence Ley Lines transform into a dragon, the Nine-Nine Fire Dragon Array would advance from Fifth Rank into Sixth Rank, unleashing its strongest power but also causing irreversible damage to the Ley Lines, even destroying the foundation of Lingbao Island.

This was something Chen Yanqi did not wish to see, hence he hesitated to take that step.

But it was also what Xu Yang did not wish to see, so…

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“Boom!”

Xu Yang raised his head, his two fingers coming together to send a beam of Sword Light soaring, striking directly at the heart of the Array Formation.

What kind of sword strike was that?

Supreme Purity Radiance shone bright and piercing, the epitome of sharpness!

Although he was known as “Xuanyuan,” hiding his identity behind this famous name, he had in fact not yet mastered the Immortal Spirit grade Xuanyuan Divine Sword, so at this moment, he was still using the Great Five Elements Divine Light, only completely channeling the metal element and combining it with the Dharma Decree of the Divine Sword.

“Hmm!?”

In the heart of the Array Formation, atop the Fire Essence Ley Lines, Chen Yanqi’s expression changed, suddenly feeling uneasy. Upon seeing the dazzling Sword Qi of Supreme Purity Radiance, his heart leaped, and he quickly manipulated his Dharma Decree, causing a dragon head to rise from the Fire Essence beneath him, spewing out a stream of Fire Essence Earth Yuan.

“Boom!!!”

As the Fire Essence Earth Yuan was expelled, the Array’s power surged instantly, destroying thirty percent of the Fire Essence Ley Lines as the price to elevate this Fifth Rank Termination Array to a Sixth Rank Array, aiming to refine the essence into pure metal and incinerate the edge of the opponent’s Flying Sword.

However, Supreme Purity Radiance, sharp as the element of Xin Metal, coupled with the Dharma Decree of the Divine Sword, intensified the edge, and as the fierce Sword Qi pierced through the air, where it passed, the Red Flame was extinguished, nearly breaking through the force of the Nine Dragons Refinement.

“How can this be!?”

Chen Yanqi cried out in shock, hurriedly forming hand signals, ready to press down on the Fire Essence Ley Lines and risk it all in one last fight.

But his opponent gave him no chance; the Supreme Purity Radiance flashed, piercing into the heart of the Array Formation, sprouting a beam of white luminance.

“!!”

His eyes narrowing and body trembling, Chen Yanqi looked down to find a sword scar passing right through his chest, no blood spilling forth, only a lingering white light.

“Ah!!!”

Immediately following was a scream, as a streak of red light burst from the Heavenly Spirit, escaping frantically towards the outside of the Array Formation. Within it, a panic-stricken face could be vaguely made out—the visage of Chen Yanqi.

Primordial Spirit!

The Primordial Spirit escaping the Purple Mansion, the body dead but the path remains.

Xu Yang’s expression remained unchanged as he simply turned his sword finger.

“Pfft!!!”

The escaping halo of fire trembled. Chen Yanqi lowered his head to look at his own Primordial Spirit, only to see a bright ray flickering within his ethereal chest, like a spewing Sword Qi, penetrating his Primordial Spirit.

“How vexing!”

Realizing what was happening, Chen Yanqi chuckled bitterly as his Primordial Spirit disintegrated and dissipated like a flowing firelight.

Following that…

Outside Lingbao Island, everyone was anxious.

“Why isn’t there any activity yet?”

“Could it be that he’s all flash and no bang, now defeated by Master Lingbao?”

“It shouldn’t be like this, someone so confident must have something to rely on, even if he cannot win, he shouldn’t have been defeated so quickly, right?”

“Master Lingbao commands the Array from the center, advantageously using the time and terrain. If Li Xuanyuan enters the Array and his Flying Sword is ineffective, unable to break the Array, then he might perish with his path lost…”

“Buzz!!!”

Before they finished speaking, the entire island trembled, and the Array dissipated.

“Roar!!!”

The Nine Dragons wailed as they scattered, the red molten lava returned to the ley lines, and the fiery prison collapsed, revealing the original appearance of Lingbao Island.

In the center of Lingbao Island, at the mouth of a volcano, sat an old man with red hair and eyebrows. Suddenly, Supreme Purity Radiance burst from his chest; amidst splashes of blood, his body overturned and plummeted into the molten lava of the volcano.

“Ancestor!”

“Brother Chen!”

Witnessing this scene, the disciples inside Lingbao Island cried out in horror, and several Great Return to Void Cultivators who came to assist were panicked and flew towards the place.

However…

Xu Yang raised his hand, commanding the Sword to manipulate the Five Elements, instantly weaving Sword Qi into threads, forming a Heavenly Net and Earthly Trap, sealing off all directions.

The few Great Return to Void Cultivators hastily stopped in their tracks, facing the heaven-sealing and earth-locking, extremely sharp Ten Thousand Sword threads. Looking back at the already dissipated Nine Dragons Array, their faces were ashen with extreme displeasure.

Xu Yang remained indifferent, his cold voice determining the outcome, “Victory leads to life, defeat leads to death. From today onwards, there will no longer be a Lingbao Island, only the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion. Those who submit – will not be killed!”

As the sword formation roared to life, countless sword threads interwove, the net descended from all sides, and the people were forced to make a desperate decision.

“Ah!”

“Scoundrel, we would rather die than submit!”

“Brothers, let’s fight our way out!”

“We are willing to submit, we are willing to submit!”

“Fellow Daoist, I was forced here by Old Ghost Chen, dragged against my will, truly, I have no intention of being hostile towards you!”

Before this intimidation, the crowd reacted differently, and bloodshed arose again, reigniting a storm of violence.

But this did not affect the overall situation, and soon everything was settled.

Looking towards the outside of the island again.

“…”

“…”

“…”

All around was silent shock.

Then, lights of escape rose to the sky as those who had previously spoken without care fled, including some remnants and hidden agents of Lingbao Island.

In the sky above, the Great Return to Void Cultivators were also silent.

After a while, one of them spoke in a strained voice.

“This person… is more than just a Sword Cultivator!”

“He’s also a Grandmaster of Formation Dao!”

“To break the Array in an instant, and claim a life with a single sword strike, such prowess…”

“The Sword shatters all methods, a Righteous Path Grand Cultivator!”

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